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    14 Reasons to Fall in Love with Hubble this Valentine’s Day

    Bring out the bubbly! Hubble is celebrating 25 years of science this April. Here's why you should be in love with Hubble, if you weren't already.

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    Bring out the bubbly!

    Our Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating 25 years of science this April. Here's why you should be in love with Hubble, if you weren't already.

    1. It knows how to impress.

    NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team / Via hubblesite.org

    Its jaw-dropping pictures blew our minds and transformed our understanding of the universe forever.

    NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) / Via hubblesite.org

    Mind. Blown.

    2. Like fine wine, Hubble got better with age.

    NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Hester and P. Scowen (Arizona State University) / Via hubblesite.org

    After the space telescope's last servicing mission, it's better than ever. Compare before and after pictures of the Eagle Nebula after its cameras were upgraded.

    Above: Taken using Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), installed in 2002.

    Below: Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 replaced WFPC2 in 2009.

    NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) / Via hubblesite.org

    3. It's like us, only better.

    ESA, NASA and P. Anders (Göttingen University Galaxy Evolution Group, Germany) / Via hubblesite.org

    Hubble can see the same visible light as we do, but from distant and fainter objects, making it like an extension of ourselves. It’s like the Superman of telescopes.

    4. It's a total geek.

    NASA, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) / Via hubblesite.org

    Its images have inspired content for video games, movies, music, etc. Hubble's the original classic.

    5. Everything it does revolves around us.

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    It spins around our little blue planet ever-so-faithfully at 17,500 mph.

    6. It's well-travelled.

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    Since its launch, Hubble has travelled more than 3 billion miles around the world. The best part is, we're expecting it to keep going strong until at least 2020.

    7. It's got huge amounts of data.

    NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team / Via hubblesite.org

    Hubble generates about 10 Terabytes, or 10,000 Gigabytes of new data per year.

    8. It's a high achiever.

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    Within 4 years of launching, Hubble's data helped confirm the existence of black holes. Most toddlers that age can’t even tie their own shoelaces.

    9. It's got an eye on the prize.

    NASA, ESA, E. Jullo (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), P. Natarajan (Yale University), and J.-P. Kneib (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, CNRS, France) / Via hubblesite.org

    Hubble's observations of a special supernovae helped dark energy researchers win the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.

    10. It's one of the popular kids on the block.

    NASA, ESA, and J. Garvin (NASA/GSFC) / Via hubblesite.org

    Thousands of scientists apply for precious observing time using Hubble every year.

    11. Hubble's a hard worker.

    NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) / Via hubblesite.org

    It's made more than 1 million observations since its mission began in 1990. Astronomers have used Hubble's data to publish more than 12,000 scientific papers.

    12. It inspires the best in us.

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    Teams of brave men and women have risked their lives going to space just to make sure Hubble's vision is 20/20 and in the best shape it can be.

    13. Hubble's all about making us smarter.

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    In fact, STEM education materials involving Hubble are used in all 50 States and integrated into programs of more than half of US state departments of education.

    14. It's got cool friends.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/O. Krause (Steward Observatory) / Via spitzer.caltech.edu

    Hubble buddies up with other NASA Great Observatories like the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope to help unravel the secrets of our solar system and beyond.

    Behold, the power of teamwork!

    NASA, ESA, T. Megeath (University of Toledo) and M. Robberto (STScI) / Via hubblesite.org
    NASA, ESA, CXC, and JPL-Caltech / Via hubblesite.org

    Hubble’s got friends on the ground too! Check out this composite of ALMA and Hubble observations:

    ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NASA/ESA / Via almaobservatory.org

    And in 2018...

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    In 2018, Hubble’s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, will look even further into space than ever before!

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    So if you’re feeling the love, join in the celebration with #Hubble25, and visit http://www.nasa.gov/hubble!

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